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cL|P. APPLICATION FILED IMLZI, |919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920. l

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT' OFFICE.

ALFRED ROIFE, OF BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CLIP.

Application filed January 21, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED Roms, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Brockville, in the Province of Gntario, Canada, have invented new and useful improvements in Clips, of which the following is a` specication.

My present invention pertains to means for securing fountain pens, pencils and the like in apparel pockets.

T he object of the invention is the proviion of a simple, inexpensive, and easily applied clip, constructed with a view to securely holding fountain pens, pencils and the like in an apparel pocket and especially in the coat pocket of a military uniform in such a manner that the major portions of the pens or pencils are hidden from view by the front wall of the pocket and consequently there is no detraction from the smart appearance of the uniform.

lith the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of this speciication, in which:

Figure l is an elevation showing a military pocket equipped with my novel clip; the same being shown with pens and pencils as properly secured by the clip in the pocket.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the line 22 of F ig. l.

Fig. 3 is a view of the clip per se.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

I illustrate in Fig. l a portion of a uniform jacket l, a pocket 2 on said portion l,

and a flap 8; the said flap 3 being provided with button hole 4f and being designed to be detachably connected to the outer wall of the pocket 2 through the medium of a button 5, with the result that normally the flap closes the upper end or mouth of the pocket. It will also be observed here that when in its closed position the flap 3 rests over the protruding ends of the pens and pencils as well as over the supporting hooks Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

serial No. 272,275.

of my novel clip and hides all of the same from view with the result that the pencils or my novel clip do not detract in any degree from the dressy appearance of the coat or jacket.

My novel clip may be and preferably is stamped from sheet metal; and is made up of a body 6 adapted to rest at the inner side of the outer wall of the pocket 2, hooks 7 adapted to straddle the upper edge of the said wail and support the clip thereon, and pen and pencil holders 8 carried by the body 6 at intervals in the length thereof. For the sake of cheapness each holder 8 may when deemed expedient be formed by portions 9 struck from the body 6 as best shown in Fig. 3.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that notwithstanding the simplicity and cheapness of my novel clip the same is possessed of a high degree of utility inasmuch as it is a desideratum to provide in a military jacket or coat means designed to hold pens and pencils securely in a pocket without detracting from the finished appearance of the coat or jacket.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a clip formed of a single piece of sheet-metal and comprising a body, a holder for a pen or pencil struck from the body, and a hook on one edge of the body and arranged to straddle a pocket wall and hold the body flatwise against the same.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a clip formed of a single piece of sheet-metal and comprising a body, holders for pens and pencils struck from the body and extending lengthwise of the same, and hooks extending from the upper edge of the body and at right-.angles thereto to straddle the wall of a pocket and support the body flatwise against said wall. y

In testimony whereof I have aliXed my signature. 

